Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Announcements and Reminders:                           Mike Thayer, author, hunter, gamer, engineer, will be doing a presentation during CAVETIME on Friday, May 10. Free Tickets are available in the Media Center. Space is limited. Also, he will be speaking during A3 on Friday, May 10.  If you are in any of my English classes and would like to go, and would benefit from the experience, I can recommend you.

Targets for Today: Students will learn Greek and Latin word parts commonly used in English, so they can unlock more unknown words and better understand words that may already be familiar.

Today’s  Agenda: 1. Students who have not finished testing will go to Lab 224 to test with Mrs. Hahn. 2. View a PowerPoint about the history of our language and take cloze notes on the PowerPoint. 3. Create a handy magical study guide for the root words you will need to learn.  It will look something like this: When the study guide is flat, no words can be seen on either side -- except your name on one of the side flaps. After you've folded it to form a W and opened it up, half of your root words with their meanings go on these "inside" sections. After you've folded it the other way to form a W and opened it up, the other half of your root words with their meanings go on these "inside" sections.    Magical Study Guide Directions 1. Fold your paper hamburger style and then again so you have 4 sections. 2.  Lay it out flat, and then refold it just in half. 3.  Use a ruler to measure and mark every .5 (1/2) inch.       Make a mark on the folded edge and on the open fold. 4.  Use the ruler to connect these lines with a straight pencil mark. 5.  Use scissors to cut along the straight pencil lines all the way from the folded edge to the open fold. 6.  Weave the smaller strips of paper through the cut portions.       One strip will be woven in the opposite way from the other.  7. Fold your study guide into a "W" and gently open the middle.  On each strip of the left side, write one of the following prefixes.  Opposite from that, write its meaning. 8.  Unfold your study guide, and fold it the opposite way into a "W," and gently open the middle. On each strip on the left side, write one of the following suffixes. Opposite from that, write its meaning.  Do not write anything but your name  when the study guide is lying flat.  That is what makes it magical.  You will all take a test on the word roots on May  22/23.  On one side -- When it is an X -- write- audi hear dict speak ject throw port carry rupt break scrib/script write spect see, look struct build tract pull vis, vid see On the other side -- When it is an X -- write- auto self bio life graph write hydro water meter measure ology study of photo light scope examine tele far therm heat Book Groups Read  Discuss -- Come up with a question for each group member to research between now and next class.

If You Were Absent: See above.  See CANVAS for the PowerPoint, instructions, and word roots.

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